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G. S. HEN SEL.

GHENILLE FRINGE AND THE METHOD OF WEAVING THE SAME.

--No. 248,649. Patented Oct. 25,1881.

I I 5 I I 5 5 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. HENSEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENSEL,COLLADAY & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

CHENILLE FRINGE AND METHOD OF WEAVING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,649, dated October25, 1881.

Application filed May 17, 1881. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE S. HENSEL, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and countyofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful1mprovernents in GhenilleFringes and the Method of Weaving the Same,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, andaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a face view of a piece offabric from which the fringe embodying myinvention is produced. Fig. 2is a view of the fringe as produced.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

My invention relates to improvements in chenillefringes; andit consistsof a head, pendants, and tassels all woven together, whereby the tasselsare firmly secured and their attachment by knotting or separateoperation is avoided, and the product is cheaper, better, and moreattractive.

It also consists of the method or process of manufacturing chenillefringes consisting in weaving a body of iabric with cords insertedtherein as weft, said cords being doubled or in parallel rows atsuitableintervals, weaving an additional portion of fabric on the edgeof the body, and finally cutting through the ad ditional portion to iormta-ssels, and through the cords or between the cords to form pendants,said tassels hanging from the pendants,

and thelatter hanging from the head of the fringe.

Refeirin g to the drawings, Arepresents the fringe, consisting of thehead a, pendants b, and tassels c.

In Fig. 1 I show a fabric formed of two differently-woven parts, thepart 6 being woven with parallel rows ofcords f thrown in at in tervalsas weft or filling, after the manner of forming chenille pendants, andthe part g being a plain fabric having its weft-threads interwoven atone side of the fabric with the edge h of the part c opposite to thehead a. The fabric 9 is subjected to steaming, whereby the weft-threadsare criinped by the warpthreads and said fabric is out through thewarpthreads between the weft-threads in lines coinciding with the linesbetween each two adjacent cords f, as at 70, thus leaving theweftthreads in bunches free one from another, but each bunch connectedat one end to the portion 0 of the fabric, the bunches of weft-threadsthus becoming the tassels c of the fringe. The warp-threads of theportion 6 are cut through between each two cords f, or at the lines is,whereby the cords are released, and the separated parts of the portion 0form the pendants b, which are of the order of chenille.

It will thus be seen that I virtually form the head, pendants, andtassels at one operation of weaving, and produce'a cheaper, stronger,and better fringe, the tassels thereof being neatly and securelyattached to the pendants, obviating the employment of unsightly andexpensive knots.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the head a, pendants b, and tassels c, all woventogether, substantially as described.

2. The method or process of manufacturing chenille fringes consisting inweaving a body of fabric with cords inserted therein as weft, said cordsbeing doubled at suitable intervals, weaving an additional portion offabric on the edge of the said body, and, finally, cutting through saidadditional portion to form tassels and through the cords or between thecords to form the pendants, the tassels hangin g from the pendants,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE S. HENSEL. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, HENRY F. REARDON.

